English Dictionary

thole

IPA（発音記号）

/θəʊl/

名詞

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars. / A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.

日本語の意味

船の側面に設置され、櫂の支点として機能するピン / 鎌の柄（シャフト）に備えられた、スナスと呼ばれる部品のピンまたは取っ手

Before rowing out to the inlet, she checked that the thole was securely fixed into the gunwale.

入り江へ漕ぎ出す前に、彼女はオールの支点となる船側のピンが舷側にしっかり固定されているか確認した。

意味（1）

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

Swiftly they glided away, like the shade of a cloud on the prairie. / After the sound of their oars on the tholes had died in the distance, / As from a magic trance the sleepers awoke, …

意味（2）

A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.

The nature of my invention consists in curving forward that portion of the scythe snath below the right nib or thole, to such an extent as to form an obtuse angle between the scythe and snath at the point where they are joined, and also in such a manner as to equalize the labor between the right and left hands; whereas, in snaths now in use, the greatest amount of labor falls upon the right arm.

tholes （ plural ）